Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2; Romance from The Gadfly

The Shostakovich release pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth and is a natural follow-up to Hope's Berg/Britten Concertos CD. Shostakovich was a 20th-Century Russian composer who wrote primarily in this romantic idiom and was heavily influenced by Mahler. Daniel Hope celebrates the works of this great contemporary composer with the accompaniment of the BBC Orchestra.